Elza
Girl · EL-za · Hebrew
Elza is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Elza mean?
Hebrew: short form of Elisabeth
“my God is an oath”
A short form of Elisabeth used in Hungary, Latvia, Brazil and elsewhere.
- Say it
- EL-za
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Is Elza a girl's or a boy's name?
Elza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elza in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Elza, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Elza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Elza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Elza, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had fewer girls named Elza than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Elza in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1944, 26% of the babies named Elza in the US were girls.
Elza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,925 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,867 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
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